Display stand cabinet



g 1932- I L. w. JOYCE 1,871,179

DISPLAY STAND CABINET Filed July 25, 1929 INVENTOR.

("J6 ATTORNEY v 'I A I I Patented Aug. 9, 1932 UNITED STARS "sie' DISPLAY STAND CABINET Application filed July 25,

This invention relates to improvements in tape dispensing devices or the like, and more especially to a novel device ,fordisplaylng and dispensing elastic strips or tapes.

It has heretofore been proposed to mount ribbon spools or the like rotatably and removably on a display stand spindle, but where a number of spools or reels are to be mounted side by side on a single spindle, it is often diflicult toarrange the reels on the spindle, and usually the reels have to be threaded on the spindle one at a time.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a display rack or the like designed to support a number of reels in side by side relation and to so position them as to facilitate the threading of the spindle through the reels for the purpose of rotatably mounting the reels on the rack.

A further object is to furnish a reel rack having aligned apertures, each of which has .a flaring bore to allow the spindle to lie at various angles within either one of the bores and to facilitate the guiding of the spindle into one of the bores while the reels are being mounted on the spindle.

lVith the foregoing objects outlined, and with other objects in view which will appear .as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved device, partially in section and showing the reels in display position.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing the clearance space between the reels and the rest bars. 7

Fig. 3 is a similar view showingthe reels supported by the rest bars.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section of a detail showing how the rod or spindle rides into a reel when the latter is supported on the rest bars.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section of a detail illustrating the manner in which the rod is 1929. Serial No. 380,957.

guided into the threaded spindle in the rack.

In the drawing 6 designates end members or standards which are rigidly connected together by horizontally disposed rest bars 7H5?) which are spaced apart, as clearly shown in Figs; 2 and 8. One of the standards has an aperture in its central portion including a cylindrical portion 8 and a flared or conical portion 9. The other standard has a similar aperture 10 which is aligned with the first mentioned aperture but is provided with a fixed nut 11. These apertures cooperate with a horizontal supporting rod or spindle 12 which is threaded at one end for engagement with the fixed nut 11 and is provided at its opposite end with an eye 18 to facilitate the manipulation of the rod and the turning of the same for joining the rod and nut. v

The rod is designed to rotatably support a number of reels 14 which are preferably of varying widths to accommodate strips of elastictape 15 of different widths. Each reel may be of any desired construction. For ex.-

ample, it may consist of a metallic tube 16 surrounded by a wood cylinder 1? and joined at its ends to metal confining or guiding disks 18.

g In mounting the reels on the rod, it is only necessary to set the disks of the reels side by side 011 the rest bars 7, as shown in Fig. 3, and as these bars are spaced apart the reels will be prevented from rolling off the same. When the reels are in this position, the axes of the reels will be below tures 8 andlO, as will be clear from Fig. 4;. Then when the threaded end of the rod is inserted through the aperture 8,itwill be permitted to incline .due to the flared surface 9, so that the end of the rod may enter the tube 16 of the first reel of the series. Then, due to the fact thatthe axes of all these reels are in alignment, the rod may be simply pushed toward the aperture 10, and as it moves along, its threaded end will automatically move through the reel tubes 16 one after the other, until the end of the rod comes into contact with the flared surface of the aperture 10, as shown'in Fig. 5. Then as the rod is pushed nut for locking the further into the aperture 10, its threaded end the axes of the aper- 85 will come into engagement with the nut 11 and at the same time all of the reels will be lifted off the rest bars 7 and into the position shown in Fig. 2. At this time the operator by turning the eye 13 will cause the threaded end of the rod to screw into the nut 11 and complete the assembly.

It will be appreciated from the above that the present invention facilitates the mounting of a series of reels on the supporting rod of a display rack, and eliminates 'the necessity of individually placing the reels on the rod and the difficulties due to inserting the free end of the rod into the aperture of the'rack,

after the reels have been placed on the rod.

It will be manifest that the elements forming the invention may be made of any suitable material or materials, and that the size of the device may be built to accommodate reels of any kind.

From the foregoing it is believed that the construction, operation and advantages of the invention may be readily understood by those skilled in the art, and it is apparent that changes may be made in the details disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention as expressed in the claims.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a rack provided with aligned apertures and having spaced-apart supporting rests adapted to supportan apertured reel with the aperture thereof arranged out of alignment with the apertures of the rack, when the reel is seated upon its said rests, and a supporting rod extending through all of said apertures for rotatably supporting the reel and holding the same out of contact with the supporting rests.

2. In a device of the character described, a frame provided with aligned apertures, substantially horizontal supporting means forming a part of the frame, comprising spaced-apart members, an apertured reel adapted when resting on said supporting means to have its aperture out of alignment with the apertures of the frame and to be prevented from rolling by said supporting means, and a rod extending through all of said apertures for rotatably supporting the reel out of contact with said supporting means. 7

3. In a device of the character described, a frame provided with aligned apertures, substantially horizontal supporting means forming a part of the frame, an apertured reel adapted attimes to rest on said supporting means and when resting thereon for its aperture to be out of alignment with the apertures of the frame and be prevented from rolling by said supporting means, and a rod xtending through all of said apertures for I rotatably supporting the reel out of contact With said supporting means, one of the apertures of the frame being shaped to allow the rod to extend at various angles relatively to the supporting means.

4. In a device-of the character described, a frame provided with aligned apertures, substantially horizontal supporting means forming a part of the frame, an apertured reel adapted when resting on said supporting means to haveits aperture out of alignment with the apertures of the frame and to be prevented from rolling by said supporting means, and a rod extending through all of said apertures for rotatably supporting the reel out of contact with said supporting means, one of said apertures being tapered to engage an end of'the rod and to move the reel away from the supporting means as the rod is passed into the last mentioned aperture.

5. A reel display rack comprising end members provided with aligned apertures, spaced rest bars having their ends connected to the end members, a supporting rod passing through said apertures, and a series of reels rotatably mounted end to end on the rod, the reelshaving end disks adapted when the rod is removed from the end members to rest on the restbars, the latter when the reels are resting on the same preventing the reels from rolling. i a

6. A reel dispensing and dis lay rack comprising end-members provide with aligned apertures, the interior ends of the walls of the apertures beingflared, spaced rest bars joining the end members and arranged below said apertures, a supporting rod joining the end members and extending into said apertures, and a series of reels rotatably mounted side by side on said rod and provided with central apertures and end flanges, the end flanges when the rod-is removed, supporting the reels on the rest bars in such position that the apertures of the reels are arranged in a line slightly below a line passing through the axes of the apertures of the end members.

7. A reel dispensing and display rack comprising end members provided with aligned apertures, the interior ends of the walls of the apertures being flared, spaced rest bars joining the end members and arranged below said apertures,a supporting rod joining the end members and extending into said apertures, a series of reels rotatably mounted side by side on said rod and provided with cen tral aperturesand end flanges, the end flanges when the rod is removed, supporting the reels on the rest bars in such position that the ap-;

ertures of the reels are arranged in a line slightly below a line passing through the axes of the apertures of the end'members, and a nut fixed to one of the end members and having threaded engagement with said rod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LYNDON WALKER J OYOE. 

